Do we have time to teach our kids to ride a bike?

8:45 - 23 May 2014

Parents have such busy lives, do we have time to teach our children how to ride a bike?

Parents in New York are resorting to paying someone else to do it - $125 an hour for a tutor. Many parents are just too busy to show their kids, not fit enough or don't actually know how to do it themselves.

Tutors say children who can't ride a bike often feel ostracised, and can be affected socially and emotionally.

A new YouGov survey for Halfords also shows the British public overwhelmingly wants children to be taught to cycle safely at school.

More than 80 percent of a 4,600-strong survey group said they would support a legal requirement that meant children were taught to cycle confidently, competently and proficiently in school.